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July 20

strike impact

Since the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike coincided with the 2023 WGA strike, how would both of them have any direct impact on the Directors Guild of America?2603:7000:8641:810E:A525:7735:8D44:219E (talk) 22:02, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I may be missing something here, but the DGA represents Directors, who are people that direct Actors in the performance of material written by Writers. If the Writers are refusing to write anything new, and the Actors are refusing to perform anything, the Directors have nothing to direct, so the Producers have no reason to pay them anything. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 51.198.140.169 (talk) 22:22, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A common view is that the DGA settled with the producers too early and did not extract enough concessions. The perception is that directors are employed more consistently and longer in an industry where unemployment is commonplace below the star level. This helped create a greater gulf between the producers on one hand, and the screenwriters and actors on the other hand. And this strike is the result. Here is what the New York Times has to say about the strike. Cullen328 (talk) 07:19, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]